'Only peace,' translated in Fula, a tribe originating from Guinea. I'm not sure why, but I have a fascination towards the Fula tribe. It's my mission to learn as much Fula as I can in the next two years. I want to believe I will be fluent one day.
Two weeks down of school! Well, we really only started this week as last week there was no school schedule. For the few students that showed up, it was more of a free for all 'teach what you want to teach, when you want to teach' thing. I didn't really like that because instead of 40 minute periods, I would get stuck in a room for 2 hours. Ha, good thing I lesson planned. The kids are really sweet so far, though I know not to expect that for long. Once the 'foreign white girl' thing wears off, their true colors will come out. Day after day, though, I'm in awe of them. Some of these kids walk miles to get to school, from various surrounding villages, just for the chance to learn. In unbearable heat, and torrential downpours, kids still show up to school. When I think back to my high school years, and the amount of times I would call my mom to pick me up from school cause I wouldn't walk the one mile home in a light rain.. I'm thoroughly embarrassed.
The raining season is coming to an end, marked by thunderstorms pretty much every night. I'm very much going to miss falling asleep to intense rainfall on my zinc roof, so loud I can't hear myself think. However, I'm excited for the plentiful food thats 'a comin!
Shout out to Mr. Kennedy and Ms. Yoder! Keep West Islip learning :)
